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Quote by Gaston Bachelard
The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we d

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know. – Gaston Bachelard

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One must always maintain ones connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort. – Gaston Bachelard

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The great enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but the good which is not good enough. The good is always the enemy of the best. – Oswald Chambers

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Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it. – Proverb

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Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother. – Susan B. Anthony

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There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself. – Andrew Carnegie

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